You saw me crocheting away in Budapest, Istabul and Fez. So maybe you were, rightfully so, assuming that I would also take some crochet project to South-Africa. But because our scedule was so busy and I brought handluggage only for 10 days, my crochet had to make way. Looking back it was for the best. 'Cause I would've probably only looked at my crochet with a feeling of guilt. But that doesn't mean that I'm not ecstaticly happy to be back to my hookin'.

Before my trip I started the Nordic Shawl, the pattern is by My Rose Valley, and I have to say that it's a lovely and fast project. And before you start telling me that you don't have the time for yet another project, think again! I managed to get the shawl 3/4 finished already and I've been making 10 hr (or more) workdays. So no more excuses, start hooking!

Before I started this shawl I thought it would be quite hard, because all the different stitches, but it's not hard at all. If you know the basic stitches you're going to ace it. Also, the pattern is particularly clearly written! I am using Cotton8 by the Dutch brand Scheepjeswol and it's a little thinner that the yarn that's suggested for this pattern, so I had to do some adjustments and add some rows to make sure the shawl gets large enough. When I finish my scarf I'll explain to you what I did. Once again, thought it would be hard, but it was actually a piece of cake.So, what are you making at the moment?